Papplewick
St James

War Memorial

The church has two ashlar and bronze war memorial tablets on the north wall, one for those who fell in the Great War and another for those who lost their lives in World War Two.

The First World War memorial reads:

TO THE
GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN FROM LYNBY AND PAPPLEWICK
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM
1914 – 1918

ASKEW. JOHN HERBERT

 

PTE

 

2ND SHERWOODS

BASS. HAROLD. M.C.

 

CAPT

 

2ND YORKSHIRE REGT

BAXTER. EDWARD JAMES

 

CAPT

 

S WALES BORDERERS

CRANSWICK. ALEC GEORGE

 

2/LIEUT

 

ROYAL FLYING CORPS

GRAY. WILLIAM LESLIE

 

2/LIEUT

 

4TH SUFFOLKS

HAYWOOD. CHARLES

 

PTE

 

NORTH STAFFORDS

JOHNSON. JAMES

 

PTE

 

ROYAL ENGINEERS

PATES. FREDERICK HENRY

 

PTE

 

MACHINE GUN CORPS

VINCENT. GEORGE

 

PTE

 

NORTH STAFFORDS

WEBSTER. HERBERT

 

L/CPL

 

NOTTS AND DERBYS

WESTON. HAROLD WILLIAM

 

PTE

 

DUKE OF WELLINGTONS

WHITING. OLIVER

 

PTE

 

KINGS ROYAL RIFLES

The Second World War memorial reads:

TO THE
GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN FROM LYNBY AND PAPPLEWICK
WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 – 1945

A.I. BUTLER  CAPT  ROYAL ENGINEERS
A.W. CHADBURN  CAPT  SOUTH NOTTS HUSSARS R.H.A.
J. CLARK  L SEAMAN  ROYAL NAVY
S.M. COWARD  CPL.  ROYAL AIR FORCE
M. HADLEY  L/CPL.  ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
W.B.N. LYNES  P/O. TEL. ROYAL NAVY
J.C. MAYES  SERGT  SOUTH NOTTS HUSSARS R.H.A.
R.F. NUNN  LIEUT  ROYAL ARTILLERY
H. WRIGHT  PTE  8TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS